One of the bigger acquisitions this offseason was when the Jaguars added former Bills center Mitch Morse. There’s no question about the leadership and skill that Morse brings to the Jaguars’ offensive line. However, cohesion is critical in offensive line performance and Morse spoke recently about how his unit is starting to gel and if he’s been happy with the overall performance.
On his impression of Lawrence so far
Mitch: Yeah, I think just the confidence in the huddle. It's not a standoffish confidence or anything like that. If anyone knows Trevor, that's not him, right? It's just he's got a little moxie about him. I think it's just he's well-aged past the age of what, 24 or 25? His confidence in the play call, his confidence in commanding what he wants in the huddle or on the line of scrimmage, it permeates to the rest of the guys. Everyone feels that. You have a guy like that who's a steady presence at that position, but when he needs to open up and have a little swagger about him, he does. That's what you need in a quarterback.
On the timeline for building cohesion as a unit on the offensive line
Mitch: I don't know if it's fair to put a specific timeline on, 'This is when you have to have something.' This is football, man. You know what I mean? Rarely are you going to have those five work together from the start of camp through the end of February or whenever your season ends, right? So, for us, we have to understand that in games people might go down. There might be a switch-up of things. So, it actually is nice right now to have the confidence working with other dudes. See how they tick, see what their thought process is and vice versa. So yeah, for us, we're just going to get our work in. Hopefully, those guys get back as healthy as possible and then we'll roll from there, and just kind of take the next swing that comes with it.
On if he can ever be sure about the state of the offensive line until the regular season starts
Mitch: There's a lot of things you're not sure about until the regular season starts. You don't know who's going to be suiting up. You don't know who's going to be healthy for Week 1 or whatnot. There are so many unknowns, right? But it gives you the confidence when Week 1 comes that you've banked reps, that you've seen most every look, that you've talked about it, that we're all five on the same page, or even Trevor [QB Trevor Lawrence] and the backs are on the same page, so that when stuff comes up and we have to make adjustments in game or we get strange looks. We've seen it before. They might get us once, but we can make those adjustments and not panic.
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